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Monday, August 21, 2006

Corn Plastic


There's a new plastic on the block and companies like Walmart, Newman's Own and Wild Oats have begun using the corn plastic, or PLA, in some containers and packaging. The stuff is bio-degradable (under certain composting conditions) and requires far less energy to produce than petroleum based plastics. As with many new technologies there are a few major bugs to be worked out and the product is far from being a silver bullet, more of a first step in the right direction...ARTICLE
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posted by Galli Galli Sim Sim at 9:23 AM

5 Comments:

  • anything that can help reduce our use of oil should be helpful. I read the article you linked to, do you know whether or not it can be recycled?

    By Blogger tomshideaway, at 2:22 PM  

  • I believe that rather than being recycled, the PLA packaging and products get composted and reduced to biodegradable material. I'll see if I can find a functioning recycling operation for this stuff.
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    By Blogger Galli Galli Sim Sim, at 6:02 PM  

  • i hope they don't forget to recycle the corns leftovers, i.e their stalks, the leaves, etc. It is best to bury them on the plantation site to be reused by next generations of corns

    By Blogger Eko Prasetyo, at 8:31 PM  

  • It's a great idea.

    The only thing that worries me is if corn is used for ethanol, plastic and animal feed is how much is going to be left for human consumption ?

    By Blogger Jackie, at 3:08 AM  

  • One of the issues with PLA is the use of corn for containers and packing when there are people starving all over the world. They can use a course type of corn not suitable for human consumption but land use is still an isssue. It gets very complicated fast.
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    By Blogger Galli Galli Sim Sim, at 9:29 AM  

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